Inspiration Blog - houndstooth

Fabrics don’t have to be colored “old world” to be classic. Uplifting color stories have recently carried us through the economic downturn. Despite menswear fashion being characterized as a dated tartan with dark and drab colors, it more importantly encompasses fine fabrics with clean lines and impeccable tailoring. Today, intense color is a mainstay in decor. Your home should reflect what you wear. Your colorful personality should bounce off your decorated walls and furniture. Tattersall, houndstooth, and plaids with rich color bring tried and true design into the 21st century. Roth & Tompkins puts a fresh spin on traditional, using bold blacks, blues, and reds to resurrect a tired plaid and refashion color in a tattersall.

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Authenticity matters. Complexity of weave and subtlety of color depict a true trading blanket. Yarn dyed, sun dried, and hand loomed, the art of woven ethnics is a craft passed down from generation to generation. Timeless and Traditional, these special fabrics can be a living room chair centerpiece or a sideboard table runner. Layer with stripes, houndstooth, plaids and solids and “ethnic” becomes “staple”. Once considered Western and Log Cabin bound, these dynamic fabrics can be used simply anywhere. So, recover that window seat, re-upholster that headboard, step out of your comfort zone and make a statement…we dare you!

Traditional plaids, paisleys, and tattersalls have found their way back into our wardrobes and homes. Brights continue to be accented throughout, but the warmth found in our heritage lays the foundation for today’s furnishings. Oil paintings and assorted antiques pair beautifully with rich twill and houndstooth fabrics, and leather bound books and globes in libraries sit elegantly by our tartan drapes.

Roth & Tompkins understands the eclectic traditional. We specialize in creating flow and transition from room to room. Solids and textures can layer casually in a masculine office and elegantly in a formal dining room.

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Inspiration

Roth & Tompkins collections are inspired by various excursions around the world. We travel to the southwestern deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, through the small towns of New England, through rustic European villages and journeys deep into India.

These experiences are the seeds of our inspiration and the beginnings of the Roth & Tompkins unique design process. We strive to bring the best of the past into today’s living environments in a way that reflects current lifestyles. We design fabrics with an organic feel to compliment our natural yarns, evoking a strong sense of place and comfort– whether a seaside cottage, a mountain retreat, a rustic lake house or a contemporary urban home.

This freeform exploration combined with an understanding and respect of textiles as a pure and beautiful art form, inspires the Roth & Tompkins design team. We create fabrics that capture the essence of their ultimate surroundings.

It is our hope that you will enjoy your new home furnishings as much as we enjoy creating them.

Our Company

Roth & Tompkins Textiles is a home furnishings fabric company, family-owned and operated for more than 20 years. Our fabrics range from durable, woven textures to luxurious hand-painted prints and decorative plaids and stripes.